Trace-supporter



(No Madel.) A. ANDERSON..

TRAGB sUPPoRTBR. No. 380,471. IDatentedApr. 8, 1888.

ATTORNYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT iALFRED ANDERSON, OF STROMSBURG, NEBRASKA.

TRAoE-suPPoRTER.

SPBCIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 380,471, dated April 3, 1888.

Serial No. QLfl-i. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may colwern:

Be it known that 1, ALFRED ANDERsoN, of Stromsbnrg, in the county of Polk and State of Nebraska, have invented a. new and Improved Trace Snpporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXaot description.

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is'a perspective view of a-portion of the back-pad and shirt, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front eleva-tion of the supporter, and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same.

The invention will first be described in eonneotion with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

The trace-snpporter A is attached to the back-pad skirt B, and is adjustable thereon to hold the trace T high or low, according to the size of the horse or according to the work to be done. The snpporter has no direct connectlon to the hack-pad P. It is by preferenoe made of malleable cast'iron, with a loop, a, at the top, a tongue or projection, a', below said loop, and another loop, ag, at the lower end of the support.

The passage a3 for the trace T is I D-shaped, the body of the support being formed of the plate b, slightly cnrved, and the Curved front piece or loop, b'. The lower end of the plate b project-s below the lower end of the loop b', as shown at bi, and on this projeetion is monnted the lower loop, o. The upper loop, a, is formed on the curve of the main loop b' and stands at an angle to the plate b, so that the support may be readily applied to the skirt B, as illnstrated in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention, I ola-im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The tracesupport herein shown and described,forn1ed of the plate Z), projeotion b, main loop b', and the upperand lower loop, a az, the latter monnted upon the projection b, sub stantially as desoribed.

2. The tracesupporter formed of the plate b, main loop'b', projection af, and the upper and lower loops, a a, the upper loop being set at an angle to the plate b, snbstantially as de' soribed.

ALFRED ANDERSO.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR P. LINDBURG, ANDREW CARLsoN. 

